On May 3, 1964, The Miami News ran this fanciful illustration of the man-machine of tomorrow, abutting this article explaining why plastic-organed cyborgs will not land on the Moon. (Short answer: cost, reality, human spirit blabbity-blah.)
I adore the now-anachronistic accessories like the tape-recorder ears and the movie camera eyes. He’s like Inspector Gadget, but a complete abomination! We can only assume this 1960s cyborg’s replaceable liver was there to accomodate his prodigious, Don-Draperesque alcohol intake.
[Via Cybernetic Zoo]
